And I thank them for that.



Addicts not so much.
Why are you thanking them? These are privately owned businesses that pay their Taxes as required by law. The Government should not have had the authority to ban smoking in their businesses. No one is forced to eat in a restaurant or bar that allows smoking. They just took more of our freedom & liberty away and you're thanking them for it. See,that mentality is exactly what's wrong with our country. Thank you Big Government Nanny State,may i have another. Crazy stuff.
True, no one is forced to go to a restaurant or bar but when all bars are smoking and most of them are in restaurants...you tend not to go to bars when you're a non smoker. No free music for you.
I'm not saying that I was in favor of the no smoking law in private restaurants, I did feel they had the right to decide for themselves, but that doesn't mean I'm not taking advantage of the law now that it's so pleasant to go out.
Personally, I think most (not all) smokers are rude. My friend and I go to the casino early in the morning when there are few people there. The smoking section has a lot of new machines that the no smoking section doesn't. Often times I'll pick a bank of machines in the smoking sections, sit on the end, and a smoker will come along, see 10 machines, only one on the end being used, sit right down next to me and light up. I end up leaving immediately. I know they do it on purpose.
Also, I grew up in a smoking household. My parents smoked. My 4 siblings picked up the habit, I did not. I find it interesting that now, I'm the only one of my siblings to have lung problems.